BHoP#296 Jaws, Malls, and the Church Growth Movement

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the movie Jaws and how it began the monoculture era, shopping malls and consumerism, and how it relates to evangelism.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

Brief#16 How Do We Get More Pastors in the Lutheran Church?

Dr Adam Koontz talks about training pastors, pastoral shortages, and alternative routes to pastoral training.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#295 Forgiveness and the Gospel

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about justice and forgiveness, church demographics, and delivering the gospel.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

Brief#15 Will the LCMS Ordain Women Now? or Soon Anyway?

Dr Adam Koontz talks about the history of women's suffrage in the LCMS, obstacles to fellowship with WELS, and whether the LCMS will ever ordain women.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#294 The New King James Bible and the Open Bible with Philip Nation

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk with guest Philip Nation of Thomas Nelson Bibles about the New King James Bible and the Open Bible.
Dr. Philip Nation, VP, Thomas Nelson Bibles
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#293 What's Going On in Canada? State, Church, and the Church's State of Silence

Dr Adam Koontz talks with guest Pastor David Smilek about the politics and churches in Canada.
Related Links - Angus Reid Institute survey on Canadian religious life
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Smilek - Redeemer, Sudbury, ON
Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#292 Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians: The Meiji Restoration

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about the modernization of Japan and the rise of Imperial power.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#291 The End(s) of the LCMS with Pastor Joseph Beran

Dr Adam Koontz talks with guest Pr Joseph Beran about educating pastors, church planting, demographic decline, and more.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

BHoP#290 The Christian Century in Japan: Jesuits, Fumi-e 踏み絵, Lessons for Today

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about how Christianity came to Japan, why it didn't last there, and applications to evangelism to draw from it.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny

Brief#14 What Decimated the Lutheran Churches in America?

Dr Adam Koontz talks about what caused the decline in the American Lutheran churches.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Music thanks to Verny